ATLANTApix: Westin Peachtree Plaza Site

Two years after Georgia's capital city was moved from Milledgeville, Georgia, to Atlanta, the state purchased in 1870 the Victorian home of John James located at Peachtree and Cain Streets where 17 Georgia Governors lived until it was demolished in 1923.

In 1925, the Henry Grady Hotel was constructed and stood until it was torn down to make way for today's Atlanta icon known as the 73-story Westin Peachtree Plaza.

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